Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 17, 2020

I have a little room in my teaching schedule so I am offering two online Master’s-level courses this summer: EDUC 5001 E50. Leadership for Social Justice (3 credits, online) [Class # 20596]. Leadership for Social Justice. Special Topics: Leadership During a Crisis (3 credits, online) [Class # 20597].

Social Justice 109

Social Justice Leadership Teaching Education 109

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 26, 2019

Inspiring high school students to choose teaching as a profession. Inclusion and REAL collaborative teaching. integration of universally designed practices to help all students (which covers social justice, restorative practices, SEL) and somehow helping more teachers embrace that accommodations are not cheating.

Education 359

Education Social Justice Library Professional Development 359

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I began my teaching career as a Teach For America (TFA) Corps member in Jacksonville, Florida. But very quickly, I learned that teaching in a Title I school, where a high percentage of low-income students face significant educational gaps , was far more challenging than I had anticipated.

Classroom Management 138

Classroom Management Social Justice Lesson Plan Cultures 138

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Tyndall turned down a bevy of offers from colleges in other states to attend Rutgers’ Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC), which brings together dozens of students each year for a residential program that combines rigorous academics with a social-justice focus. “I Eventually, he’d like to serve as either the U.S.

Social Justice 90

Social Justice Economics Public School Library 90

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

As an educator creating antiracist classrooms, I have wrestled with how to teach children about race and race relations since far before our country’s recent racial reckoning. These bills forbid teachers from providing instruction that wades deeply into social justice topics. Stereotypes can be perpetuated.

Teaching 127

Teaching Social Justice Education K-12 127

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

To them, educators should teach significant topics like the 1950s and 1960s civil rights movement with more depth and breadth. Ever since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May spurred what may be the largest social movement in U.S. And they aren’t the only ones advocating the adoption of such curricula.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School Social Justice American History 145

Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching.

Anthropology 130

Anthropology Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy 130

Mr and Mrs Social Studies

JANUARY 16, 2023

Teaching Job Skills Middle school is a crucial time for students to start thinking about their future careers and what they want to do when they grow up. One of the best ways to do this is by teaching job skills in middle school. However, teaching students how to write a resume can be tricky.

Middle School 130

Middle School Teaching Social Justice Social Studies 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Yancy Sanes teaches a unit on the climate crisis at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx – not climate change, but the climatecrisis. I teach from a mindset and lens that I want to make sure my students are becoming activists, and it’s not enough just talking about it,” the science and math teacher said. “

Teaching 134

Teaching Civics K-12 Civic Engagement 134

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

They point to dismal scores on national history and civics exams — less than 25 percent scored as proficient — as proof that schools need to spend more time teaching students core facts about our system of government, and warn that civics projects are displacing that instruction. Related: Can we teach our way out of political polarization?

Civic Engagement 141

Civic Engagement Civics Teaching Middle School 141

Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

The Zinn Education Project provides free resources to teach outside the textbook about the Tulsa Massacre and the continuing history of institutionalized racism and displacement. In a growing number of states, it is becoming dangerous to teach about Tulsa. Please pay attention to the upcoming school board elections in your area.

Teaching 111

Teaching Library Archiving Social Justice 111

ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

My colleagues, friends and family often praise my relentless pursuit of excellence, especially in my teaching career. My journey into teaching was born from a deep-seated curiosity about the transformative power of education and a drive for social justice. That burden, I carry quietly, and often alone.

Teaching 127

Teaching K-12 Social Justice Elementary School 127

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2020

The Teaching Tolerance website has a collection of ready-to-use classroom lessons and resources that span a range of social justice topics and issues while prioritizing social-emotional learning. Area Educators for Social Justice website has a collection of resources for educators.

Teaching 88

Teaching Social Justice Advocacy Middle School 88

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The night before the Teach for America (TFA) summer institute — commencing virtually for the first time due to the pandemic — I lay in my childhood bed at my parents’ house with tears in my eyes. Cut to my third year in the classroom, and I still wrestle with what led me to Teach for America in the first place.

Teaching 109

Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy Lesson Plan 109

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 18, 2023

Her 2021 book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education , is one I wish I’d had available to me before I started teaching; it would have made a world of difference in how I saw my students and designed my classroom practices. ” An Equity-Centered Lens Venet’s approach to trauma-informed teaching puts equity at the center.

Teaching 130

Teaching Pedagogy Classroom Management Social Justice 130

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 16, 2024

In this election year, the Zinn Education Project developed an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display to raise awareness about the growing threat of anti-history education laws and book bans. Predicting that question, we prepared a postcard with Teach, Vote, Organize on one side and a range of actions one can take on the other.

Teaching 77

Teaching Social Justice Library History Education 77

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The legacy of James Baldwin , the writer and social justice leader, is very much alive at the school. Its curriculum — which includes courses on race, class and social justice — is carefully designed to be relevant to its students, who are almost all black or Hispanic and who mostly come from low-income backgrounds.

Social Justice 53

Social Justice High School Public School Teaching 53

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. We could play Fantasy Geography.

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 1, 2024

Because they train teachers from within communities with the greatest shortages, these grow your own programs often improve the diversity of the teaching force, helping to balance out what has been a long-standing mismatch between a mostly white teaching force and an increasingly diverse student population. What can we do about this?”

Social Justice 204

Social Justice Pedagogy Library Leadership 204

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 27, 2024

What could be more important for our students than to learn that progress toward greater justice in the world has occurred only when people have organized together and fought for it? But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of anti-history laws and high-stakes testing. Learn more.

K-12 144

K-12 Social Justice History Teaching 144

Zinn Education Project

MAY 30, 2024

What : Day of Action to Teach the Truth National Press Call (The Day of Action is on June 8. ) Follow the conversation on Twitter: #TeachTruth The post Teach Truth Day of Action Press Call appeared first on Zinn Education Project. To view a full list of the sponsoring organizations, click here.

Teaching 59

Teaching Social Justice History History Education 59

Zinn Education Project

AUGUST 1, 2024

What could be more important for our students than to learn that progress toward greater justice has occurred only when people have organized together and fought for it? But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the growing number of “anti-CRT” bills.

History 98

History Social Justice K-12 Teaching 98

ED Surge

JUNE 23, 2023

At that point in my life, I knew I wanted to teach this style of dance to young people; with the right tools and experience, I knew I could help students understand and learn about their identity and culture the same way I did through Folklorico. Some lost the chance to participate in school plays and performances.

Community Engagement 112

Community Engagement Cultures Social Justice Leadership 112

Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2020

Sadly, many of these emails feel not unlike the emails sent at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that attempted to sell me their product to improve my remote teaching experience. How does the company address racial equity and social justice in their mission? Inequities in technology use in the classroom.

EdTech 152

EdTech Social Justice Leadership Cultures 152

Zinn Education Project

APRIL 19, 2024

news segments on Haiti Social Justice Books recommended books for K–12 and educators The post Teaching About Haiti appeared first on Zinn Education Project. Here are selected resources: Tè Tremblé: An Unnatural Disaster: A Trial Role Play Probes the Roots of Devastation in Haiti by Adam Sanchez Democracy Now!

Teaching 52

Teaching Social Justice K-12 History 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Tens of thousands of teachers and parents flocked to her 2013 online course on how to teach math. Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. It emphasized “social justice” and suggested that students could take data science instead of advanced algebra in high school.

Social Justice 145

Social Justice Middle School Tradition Civics 145

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 14, 2025

In teaching about the wildfires in Los Angeles, a key story to include is the role of incarcerated labor.As Find resources below to teach about Reconstruction and find a curated collection of recommended books for pre-K-12 on incarceration for Teaching for Change’s Social Justice Books. 13th Amendment.

Social Justice 98

Social Justice K-12 History Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Julian Ambriz (left), a teacher joining PUC Schools through the Alumni Teach Project this year, works with his mentor, Justin Gutierrez (right), a physical education teacher, during a training session in July. Now 24 years old, he is one of 11 new residents joining the PUC Schools network through the school system’s Alumni Teach Project.

Social Justice 111

Social Justice Charter School High School Public School 111

ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

Campbell now attends American University, where she participates in the Teaching Fellows program , which awarded her a full scholarship and offers a range of resources and support to aspiring educators, such as teacher coaching. I took one course called Schools and Society and another called Social Justice in Urban Education.

Tutoring 129

Tutoring Social Justice Elementary School High School 129

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

Critical Thinking 139

Critical Thinking Social Justice Humanities Teaching 139

The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

At the start of my teaching career, I was the only full-time, Black, male classroom teacher for a predominately Black student population in a southwest Philadelphia middle school. My district’s seniority-based layoff policy resulted in my being given a termination notice two years into my teaching career.

Social Justice 144

Social Justice Leadership Elementary School Professional Development 144

ED Surge

JUNE 16, 2023

In the new agreement, part-time faculty who teach two years or more are now entitled to a year’s appointment. So adjunct and other faculty unions have ramped up demands for economic justice. Some are professionals who work full-time in industry, and who teach in fulfilling side hustles, as I did several years ago at The New School.

Social Justice 136

Social Justice Economics Professional Development Tradition 136

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

But separate from that hype, virtual reality is already being used at colleges in ways that seem more mainstream, as a tool that has the potential to enhance teaching and learning. Not everyone is sold on the idea that virtual reality technology could or should bring higher education into a future of avatars and holograms.

EdTech 144

EdTech Social Justice K-12 Social Science 144

Digital Promise

AUGUST 16, 2018

Educators also should work towards learning about the backgrounds of their students so they understand students’ cultural and social norms. Be diverse in what you teach and read. We also have to avoid the pitfall of teaching about the same historical people from various cultures as well (e.g.,

Social Justice 103

Social Justice Library Professional Development Cultures 103

ED Surge

JULY 19, 2024

So he felt frustrated, isolated: “I am stranded on this desert island because that site doesn't work [with my screen reader],” Jacob later told a researcher , also adding, “You can't just re-change your whole teaching plan, especially when you've distributed it.” But it's pretty amazing what some teachers can get done.”

EdTech 143

EdTech K-12 Government Social Justice 143

TeachThought

JULY 2, 2024

Its enduring significance stems from its profound critique of traditional teaching and learning methods. As we grapple with issues of social justice and equity in education, “The Pedagogy of the Oppressed” remains a powerful critique of oppressive systems and–with the right mindset–a roadmap for transformation.

Pedagogy 274

Pedagogy Humanities Social Justice Cultures 274

Heinemann Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

How can we rely on our human capacity to love, to engage in teaching for social justice even in the presence of fear?

Social Justice 73

Social Justice Humanities Teaching 73